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This paper aims to show the results of phonetic-pragmatic analysis applied to the discourse markers a ver, bueno, claro, vale, ¿cómo? and ya in semi-spontaneous speech. The objective is to determine the incidence of acoustic-phonetic patterns upon the perception of the pragmatic meaning of 'anger', 'assent' and 'strangeness'. To achieve this, a procedure to obtain data was designed. This data was then examined according to the acoustic phase of the protocol of melodic speech analysis, proposed by Cantero and Font (2009). It is, therefore, an exploratory study about experimental phonetic based on pragmatics. The main results highlight the facts that a) there is a phonetic pattern for the analyzed discourse markers, at least in the Chilean variety of the Spanish language, formed tonetically by /- interrogative, - suspended, + emphatic/; and b) the variation in the suprasegmental phonetics configuration of the discursive units studied is related to the variation of the pragmatic meaning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is a metalexicographical analysis of the dictionary voces usadas en Chile, by Aníbal Echeverría y Reyes published in Chile in 1900. it reviews the state of lexicography practiced in late 19th Century Chile. The analysis follows Matus' metalexicographical analysis chart (1995), which allows description, analysis and critical evaluation of lexicographical works on Chilean spanish. This work aims at revealing (revealing) the advanced scientific techniques used by Echeverría y Reyes in processing and systematizing dictionary entries. it also shows the strategies used by the author to detach himself from the more purist and conservative ideas that were commonplace in his day. This becomes evident in the increase of idiomatic reference points, which induce a polycentric standardization, as stated by de granda (1994), and in the way the frontiers between official and marginal lexicon become diffuse, allowing for the inclusion of taboo terms in the dictionary. finally, the study stresses the importance of Aníbal Echeverría y Reyes' lexicographical work as a transitional period in the field's pre-scientific and scientific stages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]